Embattled Jefferson Parish Chief Administrative Officer Tim Whitmer personally delivered 1,500 pages of documents concerning his private business dealings with public entities to federal investigators in New Orleans on Friday.

Compelled by a subpoena to appear in person at the Hale Boggs Federal Building, Whitmer turned over several compact discs Friday afternoon to investigators with the U.S. attorney's office.

"It covers everything the government subpoenaed and then some," said one of Whitmer's attorneys, Dane Ciolino, who said his client is fully cooperating with investigators.

Whitmer, who runs the daily operations of Jefferson's government, is facing a state ethics inquiry and a federal criminal investigation after revelations that Lagniappe Industries, a business he owns with his wife, was secretly getting commissions from employee health insurance policies at the publicly owned West Jefferson Medical Center in violation of a hospital contract.

Michael DeMocker/The Times-PicayuneTim Whitmer's parking spot at the Jefferson Parish government complex in Elmwood was empty on Friday.

Ciolino said Whitmer is "obviously upset" by the probes but is adamant that he never knowingly did anything illegal or unethical.

Ciolino, who is representing Whitmer in the ethics inquiry, said his preliminary review of the documents indicates there was no "clear-cut" ethics violation.

"The ethics laws are very complicated," he said. "I can say there are no clear-cut violations, but there are some additional facts that need to be examined to determine whether there could have been a technical violation."

Most Jefferson Parish Council members have treaded carefully around the insurance scandal, but they may soon be forced to take a stand.

Councilman John Young has placed a resolution on the agenda for Wednesday's meeting that calls on Parish President Aaron Broussard to fire Whitmer for failing to disclose all his business dealings with governmental entities.

Young has repeatedly pressed Whitmer to reveal all of his work for public entities to no avail.

Young's resolution calls on Broussard to fire Whitmer immediately, citing a section of the Parish Charter that allows parish presidents to dismiss their assistants at will.

"I'm not making a judgment on the ethical or criminal investigations. We need to let those run their course," Young said. "But this is a public employee who has failed to do his job by not providing the public with information it has a right to know."

Young also said the secret commissions paid to Whitmer's company amounted to a breach of the hospital contract and are grounds for termination.

Broussard has resisted calls to fire Whitmer, saying his top adviser is entitled to leave on his own terms, barring a finding of wrongdoing.

Whitmer has announced he will retire Feb. 1 when he becomes eligible to begin receiving a projected $172,000-a-year pension.

In addition to considering Young's resolution Wednesday, the council plans to meet in a closed executive session to discuss Whitmer's work for the public hospital.

In contrast to Young's calls for Whitmer to be fired, other council members have taken a more staid or nuanced approach to the scandal.

Councilman Chris Roberts last week wrote a memo, signed by the entire council, that asks whether council action could interfere with the federal criminal investigation and a state ethics probe.

Council Chairman Tom Capella has called on the parish attorney's office to answer several media requests for contracts that Lagniappe may have with public agencies under Whitmer's authority.

Citing the ongoing investigations, Deputy Parish Attorney Louis Gruntz asked Judge Lee Faulkner of the 24th Judicial Court to provide guidance on what information he can legally release. Faulkner set a hearing for Dec. 15, according to court documents.